ROUTES OF TRAVEL
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ROUTE FROM EDMONTON TO THE ARCTIC VIA THE ATHABASCA AND MACKENZIE RIVER SYSTEMS.
MILES PLACE PASSENGER TARIFF FREIGHT TARIFF per cwt MODE OF TRAVEL TIMES
0Edmonton
100Athabasca Landing $8.00$1.00 Mail stage, run by J.M. Kennedy Twice a week all year round
DOWN STREAM RETURN UPSTREAM DOWN STREAM RETURN UPSTREAM
0Athabasca Landing Northern Transportation Co.'s SS. Midnight Sun (when business offers) or scows. From Athabasca Landing to Grand Rapids.
120Pelican Rapids$ 7.50$ 7.50 .75 .75
165Grand Rapids$10.00$15.001.501.50
252Fort McMurray$20.00$27.503.253.25 Scows from Grand Rapids to Fort McMurray
437Fort Chipewyan$35.00$45.004.504.50 H.B. Co's SS. Grahame (sternwheel river steamer, 130 ft. x 28 ft.; accommodates 30 passengers; blankets supplied; bathroom; meals served 50 cents each; 150 lbs. baggage free). From Fort McMurray to Smith's Landing. From June to August inclusive[1]
539Smith's Landing $45.00$55.005.505.50
555Fort Smith$48.00$58.006.256.25 H.B. Co. Transport, portage by teams from Smith's Landing to Fort Smith.
749Fort Resolution$56.00$68.007.258.25 H.B. Co's SS. Mackenzie River (strong new sternwheel, lake and river steamer; accommodates 50 passengers, same conditions as Grahame above). From Fort Smith to Fort Macpherson.
819Hay River$59.00$73.007.759.25
869Fort Rae$62.00$78.00 8.2510.25
917Fort Providence$65.00$82.008.2510.25
1078Fort Simpson$73.00$92.009.2512.25
1214Fort Wrigley$80.00$102.0010.2514.25
1398Fort Norman$87.00 $112.0011.2516.25
1572Fort Good Hope$93.00$122.0012.2518.25
1780Arctic Red River$100.00$130.0013.0019.50
1854Fort Macpherson (Peel's River)$103.00$133.0013.7521.25
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For further particulars regarding dates and rates, application should be made to the Hudson's Bay Company, Winnipeg; J.K. Cornwall, M.P.P., of the Northern Transportation Co. at Edmonton; or to A.G. Harrison, Secretary Edmonton Board of Trade, Edmonton, Alberta.
ROUTE FROM EDMONTON TO PEACE RIVER, VIA THE ATHABASCA RIVER (UP STREAM), LESSER SLAVE RIVER AND LESSER SLAVE LAKE.
MILES PLACE PASSENGER TARIFF FREIGHT TARIFF per cwt MODE OF TRAVEL TIMES
0Edmonton
100Athabasca Landing $8.00$1.00 Mail stage, run by J.M. Kennedy Twice a week all year round
0Athabasca Landing Northern Transportation Co.'s SS. Midnight Sun (sternwheel river steamer, 120 ft. long x 24 ft. beam; accomodates 35 in staterooms; passengers supply their own blankets; meals served 50 cents each; freight-carrying capacity 50 tons). From Athabasca Landing to Mouth of Lesser Slave River.
75Mouth of Lesser Slave River$6.00 .80
91Norris's (head of rapids)$8.001.40 Portage 16 miles in N.T. Co's passenger and freight waggons from Mouth of Lesser Slave River to Norris's (head of rapids). From May 15 to Oct. 15[2]
194Shaw's Point on LesserSlave Lake$16.002.50 N.T. Co.'s SS. Northern Light (sidewheel river and lake steamer, 100 ft. long x 26 ft. beam; accommodates 35 in staterooms; passengers supply their own blankets; meals served 50 cents each; freight capacity 30 tons). From Norris's to Shaw's Point.
201Lesser Slave Lake SettlementPortage 7 miles to the settlement.
0Lesser Slave Lake Settlement From Lesser Slave Lake Settlement to Peace River Crossing, teams and drivers may be hired; fare depends on number of passengers; takes 3 days. Stopping places at intermediate points, with stabling and hay; bunkhouses for travellers who supply their own bedding and provisions.
$10.00 to $25.00 according to numberAll the year round
90Peace River Crossing (Peace River Landing)
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For further particulars regarding dates and rates, application should be made to the Hudson's Bay Company, Winnipeg; J.K. Cornwall, M.P.P., of the Northern Transportation Co. at Edmonton; or to A. G. Harrison, Secretary Board of Trade, Edmonton, Alberta.
PEACE RIVER ROUTES:—(1) FROM PEACE RIVER CROSSING UP TO HUDSON'S HOPE. (2) FROM PEACE RIVER CROSSING DOWN TO FORT CHIPEWYAN.
MILES PLACE PASSENGER TARIFF FREIGHT TARIFF per cwt MODE OF TRAVEL TIMES
UPSTREAM RETURN DOWN STREAM UPSTREAM RETURN DOWN STREAM
0Peace River Crossing Having arrived at Peace River Crossing, the traveller may go up the Peace by H.B. SS. Peace River (sternwheel river steamer, electric light, bathroom; accomodates 40 passengers; blankets supplied; meals served 50 cents each; 150 lbs. baggage free). From June to August inclusive[3]
70Fort Dunvegan$10.00$ 5.001.00 .75
200Fort St. John's$25.00$15.003.002.25
240Hudson's Hope$35.00$20.005.004.25
DOWN STREAM RETURN UPSTREAM DOWN STREAM RETURN UPSTREAM
0Peace River Crossing Or, having arrived at Peace River Crossing, the traveller may go down the Peace.— By the H.B. SS. Peace River, from Peace River Crossing to the Chutes of the Peace. From June to August inclusive[3]
280Fort Vermilion$15.00$25.001.003.00
330Chutes of the Peace$17.00$30.001.754.00
570Fort Chipewyan$37.00$60.003.257.00 By H.B. SS. Grahame or Tug Primrose, from Chutes of the Peace to Fort Chipewyan.
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For further particulars regarding dates and rates, application should be made to the Hudson's Bay Company, Winnipeg; J.K. Cornwall, M.P.P., of the Northern Transportation Co. at Edmonton; or to A.G. Harrison, Secretary Board of Trade, Edmonton, Alberta.